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This text is based on extensive personal viewing of urban Chinese women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of women's lives including: girlhood, sexuality, marriage, and work.

Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Growing up female 2. The pleasures of adornment and the dangers of sexuality 3. making a friend: changing patterns of courtship 4. Marriage 5. Family relations 6. Divorce 7. Violence against women 9. Feminist voices Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/1988
      ISBN13: 9780804714167, 978-0804714167
      ISBN10: 0804714169
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text is based on extensive personal viewing of urban Chinese women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of women's lives including: girlhood, sexuality, marriage, and work.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. Growing up female 2. The pleasures of adornment and the dangers of sexuality 3. making a friend: changing patterns of courtship 4. Marriage 5. Family relations 6. Divorce 7. Violence against women 9. Feminist voices Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.

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